Ember Legion

The night the swarm broke the harbor, the Star-Ring Council's evacuation fleet didn't even slow down. 110,000 soldiers and civilians—crossed off the list, left to die. Chen Jin, a third-class trooper hauling ammo on the wall, should have died with them. Instead, a voice like cold machinery went off in his skull: [Soul remnant seated. Brand matched.] [Identity confirmed: Your Majesty.] Kills earn Embers. So do rescues. One enhancement, one thermal lance, one suit of power armor, one barracks at a time—the lowest-ranked nobody on the wall is taking back a seven-hundred-year-old inheritance, piece by piece. No one knows who he is. But out past the walls, the beast that blacked out the entire harbor grid with its first roar catches a familiar scent in the dark. Seven hundred years ago, that name made a sea of stars kneel. "The Council's list wrote off every one of us." "From tonight on, this harbor has no list." —First Edict of the Sovereign: Mankind shall not go extinct. —Second Edict: Every human life is worth saving. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Ember Legion — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠